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Protest Day 7: Over 120 anti-corruption CSOs give IGP 7-day ultimatum to arrest, jail EFCC boss
Call on Buhari to urgently sanitise Commission, preserve his integrity Over 120 frontline Anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations, on Friday, held a massive town hall meeting, in Lagos, to round off their week-long protest against what they called “Politicisation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Disobedience of Court Orders and Infringement on Human…
Supreme Court Adjourns New Naira Note Suit Till February 22
The apex court, which heard the case on Wednesday, was filled to capacity with a retinue of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, other lawyers and the governors of Kaduna and Kogi states, Nasir El-Rufai and Yahaya Bello, respectively. The Supreme Court of Nigeria has adjourned the case on the naira swap policy of the Central Bank…
Who Has Time To Go To CBN? — Frustration, Extortion As Transporters, Traders Reject Old Notes
“If you don’t have new notes, abeg ‘comot for’ (leave) this bus,” the driver announced as he put his head through the window and counted how many seats were still vacant. And that was when the arguments began. Some passengers refused to alight, the bus driver refused to move. The park officials tried to intervene…
Man Sentenced To Death For Using Victim’s Intestines To Cook
Justice Adolphus Enebeli ruled that Lekia should be hanged on his neck until he was confirmed dead. A man identified as Bestman Lekia has been handed the death penalty by a Rivers State High Court for killing four people and using one of his victims’ intestines to prepare porridge in Okwalie community, Khana Local Government…
Here is the full nominations list for Soundcity MVP Awards Festival 2023.
The 2023 Tingo Mobile-Soundcity MVP Award nominations have been announced by Soundcity radio and television. The list includes Wizkid, Asake, Rema, Ayra Starr and Burna Boy among other notable Nigerian musicians. The organisers of the Soundcity MVP Music Award Festival have unveiled the list of nominees for its 2023 edition. The award would be happening at the…
Why I Am Running To Be Nigeria’s President – Bola Ahmed Tinubu
He says the country cannot depend on oil revenues for prosperity Nigeria faces strong economic headwinds in the wake of the coronavirus and the war in Ukraine. To compound difficulties, the Central Bank of Nigeria has dismally implemented a demonetisation policy, causing an acute cash crisis just weeks before our elections. Ordinary Nigerians are struggling…
Woman Blames Priest For Ruining Her Marriage After He Told Her Husband She Confessed To Cheating
If you’ve never used a confessional, you’ve no doubt seen one in a movie or television show — it’s when you step into a wooden stall at church and proceed to confess your sins to a priest in the hopes of salvation. The expectation is that you drop the burden of your transgressions, take accountability for…
Side Chick Sues Her ‘Sugar Daddy’ Over Failed Promises
A Ghanaian sidechic has sued a bank manager, who she claims was her lover, for allegedly breaching an agreement to take care of her. Deborah Seyram Adablah dragged the Director of Finance of First Atlantic Bank, Ernest Kwasi Nimako, to the Accra High Court, and he is expected to appear before Friday, January 27, 2023….
Woman Rejects Keke As Push Gift Not Knowing That A Car Gift Was Coming
Here’s the moment a popular a woman rejected hubbys gift to her for delivering a baby boy and what happened next will shock you.
Wizkid Running Away From Nigeria Over Alleged Song Theft – Blackface
Blackface in 2016, accused Wizkid of copying his song ‘I Like The Way’ in making ‘Slow Whine’ and also sampling his song titled ‘Twist and Turn’ for ‘Ginger.’ Nigerian singer, Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo aka Blackface, has revealed that Grammy award-winning singer, Wizkid has been running away from Nigeria since he made public his intention to…
Peter Obi Worried Over Fuel Shortages, Scarcity Of New Naira Notes
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has called on authorities in the country to do whatever necessary to ease the pains of Nigerians over fuel shortages and the new naira notes scarcity. In a statement issued on Thursday and made available to journalists, Obi said that he had been travelling…
I Finally Signed Out At 42 – Education
Born and raised by parents that sees education as total waste of time. From primary to secondary school no one was there for me but God. I dropped out of secondary school six times because of money. I also dropped out of college of education once, but later graduate. If an orphan like me can…
19-Year-Old Burglar Arrested In Ogun, Stolen Items Recovered
The Ogun State-owned Security Outfit codenamed So-Safe Corps has arrested a 19-year-old man, identified as Abiodun Elegbede for breaking into a church and two other houses at Ago Araromi Community, Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government area of Ogun State, IGBERETV reports. The suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the Corps for prompt…
50% POS Operators Close Shops Over Naira Scarcity
Over 50 per cent of Point of Sale operators have closed their shops as scarcity of new and old naira notes bites harder, it has been learnt. The National Chief Aggregating Officer of the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, Hussein Olanrewaju, who made this disclosure on Monday, said the impact of…
Man Bags Life Sentence For Raping His 4-year-old Daughter In Delta
A 28-year-old man identified as Amechi Ogo has been handed a life sentence by the Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba for having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 4-year-old daughter. The defendant was arraigned on a charge of r#pe at Asaba on 31st May 2018, contrary to Section 218 of the Criminal Code Law…
Protesters shut Benin’s CBN branch over Naira Scarcity
Some Civil Society organizations and residents of Benin city have blocked the entrance gate to the Central Bank of Nigeria as a reaction to the continued none availability of Naira notes and naira swap policy. The Protesters are demanding that the central bank of Nigeria discontinue with policy and make the naira notes available for…
A Man Shot In Abeokuta, Others Injured As Customers Destroy Banks
There was pandemonium in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State on Tuesday, after angry customers vented their anger and frustration at two banks over their inability to access cash due to the scarcity of the redesigned naira notes. Video footage shows the angry crowd throwing chairs and other items while a bloodied young man is…
Peter Obi Backs New Naira Policy, Urges Nigerians To Bear With CBN
The currency redesign is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is an exercise that comes with some inconvenience and pain but it has significant longterm economic and social benefits. Even though there are improvements that can be made, I urge Nigerians to bear with the CBN and Federal Government with the hope that the general populace…
Payment Of Half Salaries: APC Is Ashamed Of Its Record
At a time Osun people are pouring encomium on Governor Ademola Adeleke, the State All Progressives Congress (APC) is swimming in its ocean of shame and refusing to show remorse for its wickedness and inhumane treatment meted out to Osun workers and pensioners. Instead of apologizing to the public servants for imposing poverty and…
Nigerian woman strips at banking hall, demands that her ‘missing money’ be returned (video)
A video of a woman who stripped at a banking hall over her ?missing money? has caused a stir after being shared online. The lady who stripped to her underwear, demanded that her money be returned. She further revealed that the incident has kept her children out of school. She was heard saying in Yoruba;…
Singer Temmie Ovwasa reveals the vital lesson she learnt from her last relationship
Singer Temmie Ovwasa shared a vital lesson she learned from her previous relationship. Taking to her handle this morning, she wrote; ??My last relationship really taught me to listen to the things a person says about their exes and the way they talk to themself, If all their exes deserve to die or burn and…
Nigerian man arrested for alleged drug trafficking in India (video)
Kozhikobe police in Kerala, India has arrested a Nigerian man for alleged drug trafficking and seized 55 grams of MDMA from his possession. The Nigerian identified as Charles Ofodile was apprehended from Bengaluru, Karnataka and brought to Kozhikode on Sunday, February 5, 2023. Police said that the suspect was trafficking banned drugs to…
2023 Grammys: Full list of winners
The 2023 Grammys was held on Sunday night, February 5, at the Crypto Arena in Los Angeles, United States, and there was some record-breaking moments at the star-studded event. Tems became the first female Nigerian artiste to win a Grammy award after emerging victorious in the ?Best Melodic Rap Performance? category for her role…
She is not a student of our school – Imo polytechnic SUG disowns lady who went viral for attributing her graduation from the school to God and her ‘p**$y’
The Student Union Government (SUG) of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo state, has said Sharon Ogechi Okoroafor, the young lady who in a video, attributed her graduation success to God and her pu**y, is not a student of the school. Okoroafor apologized to the institution after the video went viral, claiming that said she suffered…
Boomplay to Celebrate African Music Excellence at the 65th Grammys with Free Subscription
The global music industry is gearing up for one of its biggest nights of the year – the 65th Grammy Awards. With African artists receiving landmark nominations across different categories this year, Africa’s most expansive music streaming and download platform, Boomplay, has announced a campaign to celebrate this feat. The streamer is providing its users…